How would you react to an E2 who "smart mouths" you in formation?

Look at Airman dipshit straight in the eyes for a long five seconds. Calmly request said Airmen to Remove themselves from the formation. Out of earshot from the rest of the flight, Inquire of Airmen "D" if they are deaf or just stupid, then state, "I certainly hope it's the first option, Form up princess." Hey ... Everyone makes mistakes sometimes, It's the second infraction that could be a problem.

If this gets any further than the E-5, fire him and hire another one. Squad leaders take care of their squads, platoon sgt's their platoon. The 1SGT handles the platoon sergeants. Done any other way is weak shit.

Bed post him for the day and have him take his boots off and rest in bed....maybe even have two of the bigger guys in the unit rub his feet. Then excuse the MEN to go do his and their assignments. I'm sure someone will adjust his attitude.

"Standby for instruction" Dismiss the rest of the division. Provide extra military instruction on how to correctly accomplish the given task, followed by instruction in how to properly maintain the cleanliness of the division spaces, sleeping quarters, and administrative offices over the proceeding two to three weeks.

I'm a Sailor, so, I love to make them swab the decks, lol.

Platoon IT

Counter with the appropriate statement, "Excuse me Private!? You stand fast, I will deal with you in a minute. The rest of you fall out and get on your assigned tasks I will catch up with you when I am done with this disrespectful individual."

I had this happen once as Plt sgt a private that I had addressed continued to walk down the hall of the barracks after calling to him 3 times he turn flip me off said f-you and enter his room . So as any NCO would do I proceeded down the hall kick his door in and retrieved said private when I was finished he went to Top I was informed good job, but don't make a habit of it . Never had a problem with him again.

Well, when I was about to pick up Cpl. I do recall using my demon voice with a new check in Marine, after a similar situation. A one time event, however I'm quite certain it rang up and down every corridor of the squadron. He ended up being a great Marine after that day.

I'm Old School and Would Get Busted Today, But In The Old Day I Would Put Him At Parade Rest and By The Time I Got Through Chewing His A-- & Reading Him His Rights Under The UCMJ, He Would Be Begging For The Next Detail With A Smile. ( Like I Said, Old School, Drafted 1966 and Completed 21 Years Of Service)

Take him to a side room with his Squad Leader and blast that little shit into the Stone Age... punish behind closed doors but make sure everyone in the shop can hear it.

Marchin party. With the quickness

Two slices of bread and a turd in between = 1 sh1t sandwich... No seriously - the little snowflake pulls this nonsense on me is going to discover the magical mysteries of the bilge for about 2 weeks followed by head duty for a month. And every time I have the duty I'll be standing at the brow to snag him as he attempts to leave the ship - so that he can help me with a special project that only one man with his magnificent skills can accomplish. They didn't call me "The Bone" when I ran A gang because of my ability to feed the dogs...

Make an example of this idiot immediately. Discipline and Respect for authority are of utmost importance in military service !!!

drop and give me 50

Being an E-5, I would first reassign him the duty he refused and let him know he is disobeying a lawful now. Then proceed with a write up. Address this with Chain of Command and give them a chance a assigning him the assignment.

Assign him a different dirtier, more arduous less appealing task after letting him think he had gotten away refusing his original assignment. Karma is a bitch!

That PV2 would be in the thinking chair for a while as I compose his counseling statement. The thinking chair is the imaginary piece of furniture in the corner of my office.

I would give him a direct order

First I calmly ask the private to follow me into my office. Once in the Office I ask him why he feels that he shouldn't do the tak presented to him? Then after listening to his BS answer I'd start witha counseling statement for disobeying a direct order. Then I would assign him the worst possible duties I could think of, and if he refused to do them I'd give 2nd counseling statement, and more duty, if he still failed to comply with his orders I would take him to the company commander and file formal charges for refusing a direct order, and have his lazy butt Article 15'd, and if that didn't work well then I guess I would either have the soldier court marshalled or shot, his choice.

about 100 push-ups then run him until he pukes. then after he pukes make him do the task